Forward-thinking. Ever-evolving. Forging new paths. This is the DNA of the University of Michigan and SNRE. And now more than ever, the world’s increasingly dynamic and complex sustainability challenges are calling upon these traits.

A team of researchers, co-led by Dr. Mark Rowe at U-M's Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER) and Dr. Craig Stow of NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), received a $1.5 million grant through the NCCOS Coastal Hypoxia Research Program.

The EPA’s Office of Water held its fifth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge for undergraduate and graduate students in fall semester, 2016. The national competition challenges students to design an innovative green infrastructure project for their campus that effectively manages storm water runoff while benefitting the campus community and the environment.

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The School of Natural Resources and Environment's overarching objective is to contribute to the protection of the Earth's resources and the achievement of a sustainable society. Through research, teaching and outreach, faculty, staff and students are devoted to generating knowledge and developing policies, techniques and skills to help practitioners manage and conserve natural and environmental resources to meet the full range of human needs on a sustainable basis.